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About markweiss86

Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play

UNDER-GUNDER I AMERIKA – Henry Eidmark

Posted on April 8, 2014 by markweiss86

Originally posted on badgear:
Henry Eidmark – UNDER-GUNDER I AMERIKA, Häggturnéns ocensurerade loggbok. Åhlén och Åkerlunds Förlag 1943. A4 format. Kartonnage 4:50 kr + oms. 63 sidor. Bildredaktör C.A. Nycop. Det här är en reportagebok om Gunder Häggs turné i…

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The Ace of Blogs meets Wayne

Posted on April 4, 2014 by markweiss86

Wayne asked this morning at breakfast for us to explain what a “blog” is. A minute earlier I asked Scott, his neighbor, to explain for me what “IOS” means. Scott had saved about twenty percent on his breakfast at the … Continue reading →

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RETURN LETTER: Dear Liam G. Moore

Posted on April 3, 2014 by markweiss86

Dear Liam G. Moore: Your FLAT STANLEY came all the way to my city, Palo Alto, California. While he was here, these are some of the exciting things he saw and did: We met, in real life, over the internet, … Continue reading →

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I owe Imin Yeh 50 cents

Posted on April 3, 2014 by markweiss86

hello if you take a picture please pay 50 cents Continue reading →

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Veterans’ art in Palo Alto

Posted on April 3, 2014 by markweiss86

See also “Full Plastic Jacket” my interview with Ehren Tool, June, 2014, with photos. The Palo Alto Art Center is hosting a show on veterans’ art, featuring the ceramicist Ehren Tool. Here is their description of his work, although the … Continue reading →

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Wah-hoo-wah to Mindy and her wah-hoo-wah

Posted on April 2, 2014 by markweiss86

The inside joke about the Sploderzz execs and one of the docs all being Dartmouth grads is that Mindy Kaling herself is an alumna. Nobody from Dartmouth would, as the characters do, refer to each other as “fellow D-bags”, however. … Continue reading →

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Wangechi Mutu visual artist

Posted on April 1, 2014 by markweiss86

This looks interesting. There are several other longer videos in the cloud, plus a review by Holland Cotter of the Times (getting my 50 cents a day worth). I found this because Anne Makepeace did a short film on her. … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto’s Million JRU March Towards a Jazz State

Posted on April 1, 2014 by markweiss86

Palo Alto’s Million JRU March Towards a Jazz State: Or, Reap This Roseman Riff There was this dude sitting a few tables away one relatively quiet late morning at Palo Alto’s Printers Inc café, where I had been a regular … Continue reading →

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From our files: Cake v. Lake (at Coupa)

Posted on March 31, 2014 by markweiss86

Cake’s version of “I Will Survive”, heard above the din as I sat in our most popular cafe enjoying my lunch, rerouted my train of thoughts from about five other topics to the fact that I am carrying around in … Continue reading →

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ruth weiss, Harold Norse and me

Posted on March 31, 2014 by markweiss86

Although I do have a picture of an old Hal “Prince Hal” Newhouser baseball card in my little digital menagerie, and the recent Sore Dove broadside by Jack Hirschman has a baseball theme, “Prince Hal” is probably more likely the … Continue reading →

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